Unless you knowingly and willingly signed the CC&A for the homeowners
association, PRB-1 may prevail. It is worth a shot to keep your house
and rigs until YOU want to make a change.
73,
Jim
Jeffrey Smith wrote:
>Steve,
>>By looking at the pictures on your website, the antennas are on the ground
>and not permanently affixed on the house. You might try mounting them to a
>small trailer and go mobile. Hi hi
>>I have not seen your write-up yet so I might be speaking prematurely but,
>how can a HOA restrict what you have on the ground inside of your backyard?
>Also one other thought you might think of is contacting a ARRL VC and
>discuss it with them.
>http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/local/vci.html?ctype=2&state=NJ>&lname=&myaction=Search+By+Appointee+State
>>I would not give up so easily on your station. Maybe some education and
>discussion with the HOA Board might also go a long way.
>>73's de Jeffrey N5TIT
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>Behalf Of Steve Raas
>Sent: Monday, 11 June, 2007 19:04
>To: amsat-bb at amsat.org>Subject: [amsat-bb] Unfortunate Circumstances / Station for Sale
>>Some how I knew the day would come when I would get a letter from my home
>owner’s assn. speaking of issues with my antennas. That day has
>unfortunately come. I will write more about it on my web page in detail,
>however this not a total loss as I now look into local clubs and operating
>events to get my R.F. thrill. The YL was actually quite sad for me as she
>too knows the enjoyment I shared with her and the kids as they listened to
>many, many satellite passes as I operated. I am surprisingly calm about this
>and looking forward to building another station @ a better location
>eventually.
>>>>I would like to personally thank each and every one of you whom have
>enlightened me and welcomed me into the satellite community, your
>correspondence has been extremely educational and informative and without
>all the input I had personally received it would not have been as much of a
>pleasure meeting and learning as well as operating the various satellites
>amongst my peers.
>>>>For those whom don’t know me personally all is not lost for me, as I am
>quite young and I don’t plan on living in my current location forever, that
>is the next goal outside of the radio fun is to get a radio friendly
>community and altitude with great schools for the kids. (Might be hard to
>find that one hihi)
>>>>As mentioned in the subject of this email I am selling the station as a
>whole. I have NOT listed the station on EBAY as I would prefer to sell it to
>some one on the BB I also unfortunately do NOT desire to ship any of this
>equipment anywhere as I would Like to meet the person giving it all a new
>home.
>>This station is for pick up @ my home ONLY and includes everything any one
>would need except for time to get on the sats or terrestrial 2/432
>effectively.
>>>>Station is as follows:
>>( Everything is listed )
>>>>Icom IC-820H 2/432-450 all Mode ( Including Stock Mic, CI-V Cable, 3.5mm
>male to L-R Phono Female Adapter, 3.5mm stereo male to Dual 3.5mm Stereo,
>3.5mm stereo to L-R Male phono, 3.5mm female to ¼” stereo headphone adapter,
>6’ 3.5mm stereo male-male cable and Icom Owners manual with original
>receipt)
>>>>Icom AG-25 mast Mounted Preamp
>>(Modified for N Input , SO239 Output/to antenna also tuned for max gain/min
>N.F. with original box)
>>>>West Mountain Radio Rigblaster Plug N’ Play USB (with Icom Interface Cable &
>Original Software / box)
>>>>Bencher Paddle (Black Base)
>>>>Super Pico Keyer (In a homemade wooden enclosure Low voltage/current Memory
>keyer)
>>>>R.F. Adapters (2) 90 Deg F UHF-to-Male UHF, (2) Male N to female UHF, (2)
>Female N Barrels
>>>>Astron 10 Amp 13.8 VDC Power supply
>>>>Astron 50 Amp RS50A 13.8 VDC Power supply
>>>>Bird Model 43 (Dual N Female GREAT CONDX)
>>>>Bird Element 100C
>>>>Bird Element 50 E
>>>>Uniden HR-2600 10m All Mode transceiver ( Mic, Power Cable, Mobile Bracket)
>>>>Yaesu GS-065 Thrust Bearing (ALL HARDWARE AND DOCS/Original Box)
>>>>Yaesu G-5500 AZ/EL Rotor with separation kit (ALL DOCS / ALL HARDWARE / Orig
>box)
>>>>(2) 40’ runs of CNT-400 Low loss Cable (Both terminated the same with N Male
>on one end and UHF on the other end)
>>>>(2) 50’ runs of Heavy duty SHIELDED 18ga 6 conductor rotor cable terminated
>with the G-5500 Connectors
>>>>(1) 6’ run of CNT-400 Terminated with Male UHF on one end and N Male on the
>other
>>>>(1) Directive Systems DPM144-5LVA 5 element 2m yagi N Fed
>>>>(1) Directive Systems DSFO432-11R 11 Element 432/435 yagi N Fed
>>>>(1) Glen Martin Engineering Roof Tower 4.5’ (I will disassemble this)
>>>>As well as assorted galvanized pipes for mounting the rotor &antennas in
>multiple configurations from 1” to If I remember correctly 1 ¾ “diameter
>>>>Some Software is also included that I Just purchased from the amsat store
>that I have never used
>>>>Everything is 100% operational and only used for a short period of time,
>those of you whom have been keeping track of my progress know ive only been
>QRV on the sats for about 6 months.
>>>>I must restate this as I want no confusion.. I will not separate this
>station individually, I will not ship it and it is for pick up at my home
>QTH ONLY. It is NOT on ebay, and won’t be unless I find no interested
>parties.
>>>>Serious Inquiries can email me @ sraas at optonline.net for my asking price.
>>>>>>>>>>Thank you everyone!
>>>>>>>>>>N2JDQ
>>Steven J. Raas
>>Locator FN20vg
>>Home Page @ http://n2jdq2007.tripod.com/>>AMSAT Member # 36396
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